My System Forces Me to Live off Women

Chapter 360 - 281: Active Muscles (Part 2)

At sixteen, Li Peifeng earned three thousand yuan from online writing, but took a break from writing during his junior and senior years of high school due to academic workload.

At eighteen, Li Peifeng got into Beihua Normal University, picked up the keyboard again, returned to the world of online writing, and switched to writing for female readers. His monthly royalties steadily increased, allowing him to achieve complete financial independence.

By the time he entered his sophomore year, his monthly income had reached fifteen thousand yuan. When Li Peifeng happily shared this news with his parents, Yu Huizhi and Li Qiyuan were overjoyed.

They believed their son’s future was promising, considering the substantial income of online writers and the prestigious education from Beihua Normal University. They thought he wouldn’t need their help anymore!

So, this couple felt liberated and began to live freely.

Saving money? Save what money?!

No more savings!

Even if they managed to save money, Old Li and Old Yu would spend their winter and summer vacations traveling around the world, eating, drinking, and having fun. When the money ran out, Yu Huizhi would even boldly ask her son for more.

Filial as ever, Li Peifeng didn’t hesitate and gave money generously. Even when it came to large sums for buying a house or a car, Yu Huizhi could get him to wire it over with just one phone call.

Two hundred and twenty thousand yuan, although it was Li Qiyuan who suggested his wife ask for money. His real intention was to express anger over his son having two girlfriends at the same time, thinking it would teach him a lesson and make him reflect on his actions.

But Li Qiyuan never expected Li Peifeng to give so much. It was so much that Old Li planned to have his son bring Xu Manning and Wu Wenyue home to play mediator to prevent his wife from getting too angry and cutting off their relationship.

However, Li Qiyuan was even more surprised to find out that his son not only had two girlfriends but more...

"After all, he’s our own son, and he did give us money."

"Huh?" Yu Huizhi was confused by her husband’s sudden comment. "What do you mean?"

Li Qiyuan sighed deeply, "I mean, give Fengfeng a call and discuss what car we should buy. By the way, honey, you haven’t sent him pictures of the new house, right? Let him take a look and ask for his opinion on the house’s decoration."

"Alright."

Yu Huizhi took out her phone but didn’t dial the number. Instead, she looked at Li Qiyuan with concern and said, "Honey, why aren’t you happy about buying a new car?"

After a slight pause, she probed, "Is it because... you feel uneasy about spending Fengfeng’s money?"

"No."

Li Qiyuan slightly shook his head, "Go ahead and give him a call."

Yu Huizhi tilted her head and responded with an "oh." She dialed the number labeled ’Fengfeng Baby’ and turned on the speakerphone.

"Ring~ ring~ ring~"

The phone rang for quite a while, and Li Qiyuan became a bit impatient, "What is this kid doing?"

"Maybe he didn’t hear it? Let me try calling him again."

Just as Yu Huizhi was about to hang up and redial, the call was answered.

"Mom? What’s up?"

"Hiss~ Ha~"

Li Peifeng’s tone was calm and composed. But apart from that, Yu Huizhi and Li Qiyuan could faintly hear the sound of a girl breathing heavily into the phone, as if...

"Hiss~ Ah~"

"Slow down... I can’t do it anymore."

"Ah..."

Were there three girls?

One seemed to be gasping for breath from strenuous exercise, another was out of breath, and another was even speaking loudly?

Can’t do it anymore? What can’t they do?!

"Li Peifeng!"

Li Qiyuan’s face darkened, and he nearly hit the brakes, almost causing a rear-end collision. The car behind, still in shock, quickly swerved and overtook them, cursing at them from inside the vehicle.

"Fengfeng..."

Yu Huizhi felt her face flush slightly, but she was more angry than embarrassed: "What are you doing? Are there girls with you?!"

Li Peifeng remained calm, "Yeah, it’s Wenyue, Tianxuan, and my mentor Zhao Qingge."

"What?!"

Li Qiyuan slammed on the brakes, quickly pulled over, and focused on the phone call.

Yu Huizhi was also shocked, "The four of you?"

"Yeah, the four of us are exercising by climbing stairs."

After a few seconds of silence on the other end, Li Peifeng realized and cautiously said, "Mom, did you overthink it?"

Li Qiyuan exhaled a long breath of relief, and Yu Huizhi patted her chest, pretending to be calm despite her lingering fright, "No, I just found it strange. Why are you four together? And why are you climbing stairs? Why not go to the gym for exercise?"

...

In Jade District, the four were eating when Wu Wenyue brought up the idea of stair climbing as a form of exercise at the dining table with Huang Tianxuan.

After the district was locked down, they couldn’t go downstairs, let alone to the gym, so stair climbing became a more economically feasible workout option.

Fortunately, with nine floors plus an attic making ten levels, there were enough stairs for them to climb. In a high-rise building with an elevator like this, stair climbing wouldn’t disturb other residents either.

When Wu Wenyue suggested it to Huang Tianxuan, Li Peifeng naturally didn’t want to be left out and eagerly volunteered to join in. He thought, after all, if they were stair climbing together, sleeping together wouldn’t be far behind, right?!

But when Wu and Huang both nodded in agreement, before Li Peifeng could say anything to Zhao Qingge, who was quietly eating, he felt it wasn’t quite right.

If the three of them went out to climb stairs, leaving Zhao Qingge alone, it might come across as neglectful. So, he sincerely invited her to join them, but Old Zhao repeatedly declined, citing upcoming deadlines and feeling unwell.

Girls during that time of the month weren’t suited for strenuous activities.

Li Peifeng didn’t press further, feeling somewhat resigned about missing out on stair climbing with the two girls. He planned to stay home to keep Zhao company in work and study. Unexpectedly, a casual remark from Huang Tianxuan came to the rescue.